Thursday, 15 February 2007

The future of morphable models… or how to see Mona Lisa smile in 3D !!!

More from JB:

Have a look at this 5 minutes video, demonstrating a probable breakthrough in face recognition programs. I got the info because this kind of techniques will probably be used in future video games…

It shows several things: first, how we can program the facial expression of 3D models. Second, how we can identify the features of a face from a simple 2D photos and turn it into a full 3D model !

The video is fantastic, with very simple technical explanations.
Two examples:


Have you ever seen La Joconde from this side??


The 2 images on the right were created using only the information contained in the image on the left!

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